Date	Chamber	Action
7/25/2011	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0196

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the University Technology Entrepreneur Center Act. Authorizes the board of trustees of each public university in this State to create a technology entrepreneur center for each campus of the university. Requires a center to provide material and personal infrastructure to selected innovators who possess an inventive concept that has not yet been offered for sale in the private-sector market, with the goal being to develop a concept to the point where it can become a business venture. Provides that a center may offer mentors, workshops, contacts with potential private-sector investors, and a structured course or courses of work-study to bring an innovation from conception to market. Provides that the work-study program, if offered, may offer business instruction, engineering instruction, or a structured combination of both forms of knowledge.

House Floor Amendment No. 1
Changes the short title of the Act to the Higher Education Technology Entrepreneur Center Act. Provides that the board of trustees of each public university and community college district in this State (instead of just each public university) is authorized to create a technology entrepreneur center for each campus of the university or for each community college (instead of just for each campus of the university).

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/16/2011	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross
2/16/2011	House	First Reading
2/16/2011	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2011	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
3/1/2011	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
3/1/2011	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
3/2/2011	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000
3/3/2011	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/3/2011	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
3/3/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross
3/3/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/7/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
3/8/2011	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/8/2011	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/9/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000
3/17/2011	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/17/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
3/17/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2011	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
3/30/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
3/30/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
3/30/2011	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
3/31/2011	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/31/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2011
4/4/2011	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
4/6/2011	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
4/7/2011	Senate	First Reading
4/7/2011	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/27/2011	Senate	Assigned to Higher Education
5/5/2011	Senate	Do Pass Higher Education; 008-000-000
5/5/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
5/6/2011	Senate	Second Reading
5/6/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
5/12/2011	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
5/12/2011	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
5/12/2011	House	Passed Both Houses
6/10/2011	House	Sent to the Governor
7/25/2011	House	Governor Approved
7/25/2011	House	Effective Date January 1, 2012
7/25/2011	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0196

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